dhcpcd-discuss

I hope this is what you wanted. I've long used "ifconfig" but "ip a" is 
new to me. If it isn't exactly what you need, just ask for more.

eth0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether b8:27:eb:a9:13:91  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 1618  bytes 109390 (106.8 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 1618  bytes 109390 (106.8 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 00:0b:81:87:cc:23  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 25  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wwan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 10.15.73.67  netmask 255.255.255.248  broadcast 10.15.73.71
        ether 06:38:f7:f1:e4:0e  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 49  bytes 9311 (9.0 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 71  bytes 11281 (11.0 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0


1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN 
group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast 
state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether b8:27:eb:a9:13:91 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state 
DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:0b:81:87:cc:23 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: wlan1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group 
default qlen 1000
    link/ether b8:27:eb:fc:46:c4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: wwan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast 
state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 06:38:f7:f1:e4:0e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.15.73.67/29 brd 10.15.73.71 scope global wwan0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever


On 5/24/2018 10:44 AM, Roy Marples wrote:
> On 24/05/2018 14:06, JED wrote:
>  > I figured out wpa_supplicant by listing the processes. I used the
>  > dhcpcd.conf to turn off the wpa_supplicant invocation. That worked and
>  > that got me a bit more but since dhcpcd was waiting for carrier even
>  > after I had a connection I was stuck and quit using it all together.

> dhclient doesn't do any carrier detection.
> dhcpcd does.
>
> If the kernel driver can't report it correctly, use the -K option on the 
> command line or nolink in dhcpcd.conf
>
> Out of curiosity, can you post the output of ifconfig or `ip a` please?
>
> Roy